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Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Catherine Noone: It is not my fault he is not here.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Catherine Noone: I am nearly finished. I thought Senator Craughwell's speech was excellent and I agree with his point about the US. The US needs to stay out of this. I think the term "pro-life" probably came from the US and we adopted it very readily but it has no place in the debate. We do no justice to the women of this country by continuing to allow this debate to be so polarised. The debate needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: I welcome those viewing from outside of the committee room. The committee knows what has been happening for the last while and we wanted to inform people who have been viewing the proceedings all along that we have agreed our report. I want to take the opportunity to thank each member of the committee. It has been a very constructive committee. I have never ceased to be impressed,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Welcome to our viewers. I request silence in the Gallery and within the committee when members are speaking. I really hope everyone will respect that request; it is important that no matter what people say or how much disagreement there is, we allow them to speak. We will not be speaking at length on any one matter because we agreed last week that we have had our debate on the substantive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: The Senator has made a fair point. The letter from Ms Liz McDermott of One Day More was about the rate of the terminations of pregnancies in Denmark and, therefore, it is not a matter for this committee. We can only deal with issues that relate to Ireland. The issues mentioned in the letter were read aloud by Deputy Mattie McGrath last week. He read the entire contents of her letter so it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: We will publish it. Does Deputy McGrath want to say something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: We are not dealing with Denmark and the letter is on the record. I call Deputy Fitzpatrick as he has indicated a wish to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: I hear where the Deputy is coming from. I have ruled on the matter and that is just the way it is. In fairness, the letter is on the record and the matter related to Denmark. I remind members that we have a lot of work to do today. The letter is on the record and is available. It forms part of our report because it is on the public record. We need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: I promise the Deputy that the contents of the letter are on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Is that agreed? Agreed. I must take care of the usual housekeeping stuff because we are in public session. As everyone already knows, I ask people to please keep their phones switched off or on aeroplane mode.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Every week I have had an ongoing battle about the heat in this room. There is a limit to what I can do but I have asked about the heating. I hope somebody will listen to me and turn down the heat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: I thank the Senator. Today, we will make decisions on the report of the Citizens' Assembly. Our decisions will be reflected in a report that is due to be launched next Wednesday. As agreed in our module report, we will go through the report starting with module 1 that deals with the constitutional issues. Module 2 deals with the provisions in legislation and is where one can find the 13...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Motion 1 has been tabled by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and motion 2 was tabled by Deputy Mattie McGrath. Is it agreed that we discuss them together? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: I want to tell members, as I was not aware of it, that if we are to vote, we will have to ring the bells, if everybody is not present. If we are coming close to the calling of a vote at any stage, although I am not trying to imprison members and those who may have to leave the room, they should be mindful of the fact that we will have to ring the bells if everyone is not present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Thank you, Deputy. I will move on to Deputies Durkan and Mattie McGrath. I apologise to Deputy Durkan for not seeing him indicate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Can we have one voice in the room, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: Thank you, Deputy. I do not think we should overstate our power at the end of the day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: It is up to the Irish people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Catherine Noone: No.